Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Leo Singer <leo.sin...@ligo.org>
* Package name : healpix-java Version : 3.30 Upstream Author : Martin Reinecke <mar...@mpa-garching.mpg.de> * URL : http://healpix.sourceforge.net * License : GPL-2+ Programming Lang: Java Description : HEALPix representation of spherical data - Java library HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same surface area as every other pixel. It is commonly used to store all-sky astronomical images, most famously maps of the cosmic microwave background. This package provides the Java language implementation of HEALPix. Ole Streicher requested a Debian package for healpix-java because it is a dependency of Aladin Sky Atlas, a popular interactive tool for exploring astronomical images and databases. I already maintain the Debian packages for three other HEALPix language flavors (chealpix, healpix-cxx, healpy) as well as the MacPorts packages for C, C++, Python, and Java. I would like to contribute a Debian package for the Java flavor and maintain it under the aegis of the Debian Astro Team.